Apple iPod Shuffle Review

By Ian Bell Published March 16, 2005

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“The Apple iPod family has just expanded with the introduction of their first flash based player, the Apple iPod Shuffle. Available in two flavors, 512MB and 1GB, Apple has taken the popular design queues from their hard drive based players and applied them to the new Shuffle. Introduced at this year’s Macworld keynote by Steve Jobs, the company hopes to make a dent in the flash player market, but they may be too late to the show.

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The 512MB version is priced at just $99 dollars while the 1GB goes for $149. The price is right, and the Shuffle looks stylish enough, but we have to wonder if those two attributes are enough to carry this little player. “

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